demote
verb [often passive]to move somebody/something to a lower position or rank, often as a punishment 使降级,使降职,使降低地位(常作为惩罚) - be demoted (from something) (to something)
He was demoted from sergeant to private. 他从中士降为列兵。 The American people have been demoted from citizens to consumers. 美国人民已经从公民降为消费者。
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from de- ‘down’ + a shortened form of promote.- be demoted (from something) (to something)